LAURIER, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(454549) LAURIER
From Year=1948 To Year=1986
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 2 36 194 482 664 858 841 534 185 15 0 3811
40 S 0 2 37 231 714 1378 2236 3077 3611 3796 3811 3811 3811
45 M 0 0 6 88 331 514 703 686 386 83 2 0 2800
45 S 0 0 6 94 425 939 1642 2329 2715 2798 2800 2800 2800
50 M 0 0 1 28 197 365 548 532 248 27 0 0 1946
50 S 0 0 1 29 226 591 1139 1670 1919 1946 1946 1946 1946
55 M 0 0 0 6 95 224 394 378 135 6 0 0 1237
55 S 0 0 0 6 101 325 719 1097 1231 1237 1237 1237 1237
60 M 0 0 0 1 32 108 247 232 56 0 0 0 677
60 S 0 0 0 1 33 141 388 620 676 677 677 677 677
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 44 170 334 420 533 527 368 133 4 0 2535
50 S 0 1 46 216 550 970 1503 2030 2398 2530 2535 2535 2535
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu